Politics

December 10, 2025

GYLA: 2025 Was Year of ‘Curtailed Freedoms’ in Georgia

The Georgian Young Lawyers' Association (GYLA), a leading local human rights watchdog, described 2025 as a year of "curtailed freedoms" in Georgia in a report released on December 10, Human Rights Day

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December 10, 2025

Kobakhidze Says UK Must Apologize Over BBC Report, Slams Ambassador

Georgian Dream Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze said the UK must apologize for the “falsehood” of a BBC report suggesting that Georgia may have used a military-grade chemical compound to disperse the 2024 protests, and slammed British Ambassador Gareth Ward, describing his remarks on bilateral relations as those of an ambassador of a “dignity-stripped” and “sovereignty-deprived” country

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December 09, 2025

Georgia, UN Sign 2026-2030 Cooperation Framework

Georgia and the United Nations signed a new UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework for 2026–2030

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December 08, 2025

Far-Right Conservatives for Georgia Rallies Against Emirati Investment

Members and supporters of the far-right Conservatives for Georgia party rallied outside Parliament in Tbilisi on Sunday, December 7, before marching to the Holy Trinity Cathedral, to protest an Emirati investment that they say would lead to the construction of two "Arab cities" in Georgia

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December 04, 2025

Three Kazakh Nationals Arrested in Batumi Oil Terminal Customs Evasion Case

Georgian authorities have detained three Kazakh nationals after accusing the managers of Batumi Oil Terminal of illegally disposing of more than USD 5 million worth of crude oil by bypassing customs procedures

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December 04, 2025

Helsinki Commission Urges U.S. to Verify BBC Report, Sanction Those Responsible

The bipartisan leaders of the U

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December 03, 2025

Kobakhidze Admits Substance Used in Water Cannons, Denies Camite

Georgian Dream Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze said a substance was mixed into the water cannons used to disperse protests in 2024, but ruled out camite, the military-grade chemical compound that the BBC suggested in a recent investigation may have been deployed

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December 02, 2025

Georgian Authorities Deny Use of Camite After BBC Investigation

Georgian Dream officials say Georgia has not purchased or used the chemical camite (bromobenzyl cyanide), which the BBC suggested in a recent investigation may have been mixed in water cannons deployed against protesters in 2024

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December 02, 2025

UK Minister Doughty Holds Calls With GD Officials Botchorishvili, Zurabashvili

Stephen Doughty, the UK’s Minister of State for Europe, North America, and the UK Overseas Territories, spoke with Georgian Dream Foreign Minister Maka Botchorishvili on October 16 and with Georgian Dream First Deputy Foreign Minister Giorgi Zurabashvili on October 21

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November 24, 2025

Irakli Kobakhidze, GD Ministers Visit Vatican, Meet Pope Leo XIV

Georgian Dream cabinet members, led by Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze, visited Vatican City on November 24 and met with Pope Leo XIV

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November 24, 2025

Ivanishvili Wins Legal Battle Against Credit Suisse in Final Instance

Georgian Dream founder and billionaire honorary chairman Bidzina Ivanishvili won his long-running legal battle against Credit Suisse at the third instance, as London’s Privy Council on November 24 issued a final ruling in his favor, upholding a 2022 Bermuda Supreme Court decision that found Credit Suisse Life Ltd

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November 18, 2025

Jonathan Askonas, State Department Representative, Visits Georgia

Jonathan Askonas, Senior Advisor at the U

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November 17, 2025

EU Council Approves New Rules for Visa-Free Suspension Amid Concerns Over Georgia

The Council of the EU on November 17 approved new rules making it easier to suspend visa-free travel for citizens of third countries, following the European Parliament’s October 7 endorsement

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November 17, 2025

GD FM Botchorishvili Visits Israel

Georgian Dream Foreign Minister Maka Botchorishvili is visiting Israel on November 17-18

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November 17, 2025

GD to End Voting for Georgians Abroad

The ruling Georgian Dream party will end voting for Georgians abroad, a move the disputed Parliament Speaker, Shalva Papuashvili, said will “strengthen election resilience” against foreign interference, while critics fear it will effectively disenfranchise emigrants

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November 17, 2025

Anti-Corruption Bureau to Be Abolished in 2026, Audit Office to Absorb Its Functions

The Anti-Corruption Bureau will be abolished on March 2, 2026, and its functions will be transferred to the State Audit Office, the disputed Parliament's Speaker Shalva Papuashvili announced during a November 17 briefing

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November 12, 2025

Ex-PM Gakharia Charged in Absentia Over ‘Gavrilov’s Night,’ Chorchana Tensions

Giorgi Gakharia, former prime minister and now leader of the opposition For Georgia party, who is currently in exile, faces up to 13 years in prison as Georgian prosecutors charged him over his 2019 actions during “Gavrilov’s Night” and the Chorchana checkpoint developments, when he was serving as Interior Minister

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November 11, 2025

Deputy Justice, Interior Ministers Dismissed

Deputy Justice Minister Irakli Khmaladze and Deputy Interior Minister Giorgi Butkhuzi were dismissed from their posts under Georgian Dream Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze’s November 10 decrees

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November 10, 2025

Ex-Official Arrested, Contractors, Expert Charged in Absentia Over 2023 Bridge Collapse

The former deputy head of the Infrastructure Ministry’s Roads Department has been arrested, while three managers from an Azerbaijani company and one international expert have been charged in absentia over corrupt deals allegedly leading to the 2023 bridge collapse on a Western Georgian highway

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November 10, 2025

Lelo, UNM Sue Back Georgian Dream in Constitutional Court

The opposition parties Lelo/Strong Georgia and the United National Movement (UNM) said they are filing separate lawsuits against the ruling Georgian Dream (GD) party in the Constitutional Court as the ruling party seeks to ban major opposition forces, including the two